Dumbass of the Year finalist? You bet!
Apparently, Matt Wilkinson thought it would be funny to put his pet eastern diamondback rattlesnake down his throat while drinking with some buddies, that is, until he noticed a shot-like sensation. We'll let Local 6 give you the gory details:
"Me, being me, I put his head in my mouth," Wilkinson said. "At first, it felt like someone had given me a shot in the mouth."
Wilkinson's throat began to swell and close as poison rushed through his body.
Doctors stuck a breathing tube down his throat, injected several rounds of anti-venin and then put him in a medical coma for three days.
Wilkinson, who nearly died from the incident, is still recovering from the bite.
"They said I had enough venom in me to kill between 12 and 15 people," Wilkinson said. "I still love snakes but I will take a little more care in handling them," Wilkinson said. "It is kind of my own stupid fault."
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